About a third of Filipino children continue to experience poverty and are deprived of fundamental rights including proper nutrition and protection from abuses, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.
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A prolonged conflict in Marawi City could increase the child malnutrition rate in the Philippines, the country director of Save the Children Philippines warned Thursday, as the crisis reached its 10th day.
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MANILA - As his "gift to moms" on Mother's Day, Sen. Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to provide appropriate health care for mothers and children in their first 1000 days has been filed in the Senate.
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MANILA – With poverty, neglect, and stigma causing the number of malnourished children in the country to rise, a new government health program hopes to engage communities to overcome malnutrition.
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In the last three years, malnutrition has claimed the lives of about 1,600 children in Palghar, a tribal region battling high unemployment and poverty, with national headlines over child deaths prompting government action to address the problem.
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MANILA - The Philippine economy is losing P328 billion a year due to the effects of childhood stunting on workforce productivity and education, a study conducted by an international non-governmental organization showed Tuesday.
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